Injured Tiger out for season

STOCKTON - The 2011 season is just under two months away for Pacific women's soccer coach Keith Coleman, but his team has already been dealt a huge blow.

Jagdip Dhillon

STOCKTON - The 2011 season is just under two months away for Pacific women's soccer coach Keith Coleman, but his team has already been dealt a huge blow.

Junior midfielder Maricela Padilla tore her left anterior cruciate ligament in a spring game against Sacramento State in April and will redshirt this coming season. Padilla scored eight goals in her first 12 games at Pacific in 2009 before tearing her right ACL. She played in all 19 matches last season, but scored just one goal.

"She was really looking like her old self again and then it happened," Coleman said. "It's a nine-month process, so she'll redshirt and we hope she'll have two more great years for us."

Padilla had surgery last month and Coleman is hopeful she'll be playing by next spring. The coach said he plans to move junior Laura Hogan to Padilla's spot, but said all lineup decisions will be made during camp in early-August. The Tigers, who earned the fourth and final postseason berth in the Big West Conference last season, will open the new season on Aug. 19 by hosting Nevada at Stagg Memorial Stadium. Pacific's non-conference schedule will also include Stanford, USC, Arizona, Arizona State and UNLV.

Pacific just wrapped up its baseball season last month, but eight players are working on their swings in summer leagues across the country. Center fielder Brett Christopher is playing for the Edenton Steamers in the Coastal Plains League in North Carolina; first baseman John Haberman is playing for the Willmar Stingers in the Northwoods League in Minnesota; catcher Jason Taasaas is playing for the Marysville Gold Sox in the Horizon Air Summer Series. All are expected to be starters for Pacific next season.

Young pitchers Erik Lockwood and Andrew Wild are pitching in the Horizon League for Redding, while freshmen Kyle Crawford and Peter Miller are playing for Humbolt in the Far West League. Brian Essig is playing in the Hawaii College League for the Kauai Menehunes.

Pacific is revamping pacifictigers.com in conjunction with Presto Sports.

The new look, which will feature more videos and an improved team store, will debut on Friday. The team store will now feature individualized apparel for all 16 sports.